Interpreting for refugees and accompanying them on visits to authorities and/or doctors
Diakonie München und Oberbayern gGmbH
- Migrants & Refugees
- Organisation & Administration
About the volunteering opportunity
The aim is to accompany refugees to doctor's appointments and/or visits to the authorities and to translate conversations and forms, if necessary. We are currently looking for volunteers who speak Turkish, Farsi, Dari, Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic or various Eastern European languages, for example. If you can speak one of these languages, please get in touch with us.
Your Tasks
You pick up the person you are looking after at their accommodation and accompany them to the authorities or to the doctor. You help them fill out forms and translate texts and conversations. Afterwards, you go back to the accommodation together.
What's needed
For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
In addition to German, you have one of the above-mentioned language skills, are patient, empathetic, open-minded, socially minded and helpful.
Time required
Regularly
Approx. 3 hours per week.
On weekdays, during the day
The time commitment also depends on the waiting times at authorities or doctor offices.
Important notice
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Location
Diakonie München und Oberbayern gGmbH
The Volunteering department coordinates volunteering opportunities in around 20 accommodation facilities for refugees in Munich. Organizing leisure activities, supporting learning or helping to find a job or accommodation - we can help you find the right volunteering opportunity to help refugees.
The Volunteering department is an institution of Diakonie München und Oberbayern gGmbH.
The Volunteering department is an institution of Diakonie München und Oberbayern gGmbH.